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Diablo 4 Build

(S11) Kripp's Skele-Mage Mendeln Summoner

presentationNecromancer
End Game
Season 11
Verified
Updated on Dec 24, 2025
Dec 24, 2025

Build Overview

NEW in S11 - Ring of Mendeln BUFFED. This is a large portion of our damage so it is significant!

The Hand of Naz unique converts your extra minions into more Skeleton Mages, as well as giving them teleport and unstoppable. Focusing all your power into one skill allows you to hyper-stack it with multipliers!

Tricky mechanics:

  • Mendeln does damage based on YOUR weapon, not the source, so a Skeleton will proc for the same damage as a Golem!
  • "Mages Hit Twice" - does NOT work on Mendeln procs
  • Bone Prison dying counts as losing a minion for Kalan's Edict, giving you bonus summoning damage!

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • Super strong leveling build
  • One of the best all-around builds start to finish, from level 1 to high tier Pit
  • Requires Unique gloves to play full build

Build Variants

Aspect & Uniques

2
HelmHeir of Perdition
8
Chest armorShroud of False Death
5
GlovesThe Hand of Naz
7
PantsBlood Moon Breeches
6
BootsAspect of Occult Dominion
4
AmuletAspect of Reanimation
9
Ring 1Aspect of Grasping Veins
1
Ring 2Ring of Mendeln
3
WeaponAspect of Service and Sacrifice
OffhandEmpty
Equipment Priority
+9

The Hand of Naz Masterworked for Skeleton Mage passives is needed for this build to outperform conventional minion Necro. Until you get one, just use all minions and play the whole army!

For endgame, you will want a chaos armor Hand of Naz in the BOOTS slot, and a chaos armor Ring of Mendeln in the GLOVES slot. This is because chaos armor pieces have higher stats than their regular counterpart. Making these changes also requires you to move Aspect of Occult Dominion on your Amulet and Aspect of Reanimation on your Ring.

Once you have the Chaotic Cooldowns Chaos Perk, ignore all cooldown reduction affixes.

Skills & Rotation

Primary
1
1
Secondary
1
1
1
1
Book of the Dead
Skeletal Warriors
Skeletal Mages
Skeletal Golems

Skill Tree

Available69 (8)
Spent6 (0)

Paragon Board

Golem Glyph and Board are good options early on. If you prefer a Golem focused setup, you may choose to keep the Golem Board over Frailty

Divine Gifts

Andariel
CorruptedEssence of Anguish
PurifiedEssence of Screams
Azmodan
CorruptedEssence of Hellfire
PurifiedEssence of Sin
Belial
CorruptedEssence of Shadows
PurifiedEssence of Lies
Duriel
CorruptedEssence of Squalor
PurifiedEssence of Pain

Mercenaries

Frequently Asked Questions

Ring of Mendeln damages a fairly small area around each minion's 6th auto attack. This makes stacking attack speed and minion count crucial to maximizing DPS.

Cursed Aura Aspect makes the build much easier to play. Use it instead of Heir of Perdition before you acquire one. After you get an Heir, you can use it in the chest slot until you acquire a Shroud of False Death for faster clearing.

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